List of tallest structures in Spain
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An incomplete list of the tallest structures in Spain. This list contains all types of structures.
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| Structure | Year of built | Structural type | Town | Pinnacle height (m) | Pinnacle height (ft) | Coordinates | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torreta de Guardamar Torreta de Guardamar Torreta de Guardamar is a 370-metre tall guyed radio mast erected by the US Navy near Guardamar del Segura, Spain. It was built in 1962 and is both the tallest architectural structure in the Iberian peninsula and the tallest architectural structure in the European Union since height reduction of... |
1962 | Guyed mast | Guardamar del Segura | 370 m | 1214 ft | 38°4′18.84"N 0°39′52.65"W | radio tower of US military |
| Endesa Termic Endesa Termic Endesa Termic is a 356 metre high chimney belonging to the thermal power station held by Spanish utility Endesa at As Pontes de García Rodríguez in the outskirts of Ferrol in the province of A Coruña, north-western Spain... |
1974 | Chimney | As Pontes, Galicia | 356 m | 1168 ft | 43°26′29"N 7°51′45.50"W | |
| Chimney of Teruel Power Plant Teruel Power Plant Teruel Power Plant is a lignite fired power plant in Teruel, Aragon, Spain. The flue gas stack of Teruel Power Plant is high. Lignite room is developed, and contains up to 7% sulphurs. Teruel Power Plant has three generating units with each a capacity 350 megawatts... |
? | Chimney | Teruel | 343 m | 1125 ft | 40°59′49.85"N 0°22′50.3"W | |
| Chimney 1 of Compostilla II Power Station | ? | Chimney | Cubillos del Sil | 290 m | 951 ft | 42°36′46.8"N 6°33′45.62"W | |
| Torre de Collserola Torre de Collserola Torre de Collserola is a uniquely designed tower located on the Tibidabo hill in the Serra de Collserola, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was designed by architect Sir Norman Foster, and built in 1991 for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It features a pod for floor space like many towers but uses... |
1992 | Tower | Barcelona | 288.4 m | 946 ft | 41°25′2"N 2°6′51"E | partially guyed |
| Chimney 2 of Compostilla II Power Station | ? | Chimney | Cubillos del Sil | 270 m | 886 ft | 42°36′41.58"N 6°33′58.31"W | |
| Majadahonda transmitter, main mast | 1962 | Guyed Mast | Majadahonda/Las Rozas | 264 m | 866 ft | 40°29′6.85"N 3°52′27.66"W | used for broadcasting on 585 kHz |
| Torre Caja Madrid Torre Caja Madrid The Torre Caja Madrid is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, Spain. With a height of and 45 floors, it is the tallest of the four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area complex, surpassing Torre de Cristal by less than a metre, and the tallest building in... |
2007 | Skyscraper | Madrid | 250 m | 820 ft | 40°28′31"N 3°41′16"W | |
| Torre de Cristal Torre de Cristal The Torre de Cristal is a skyscraper in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid , completed in 2008. With a final height of 249.5 metres, it ranks as the second tallest building in the country after neighbouring Torre Caja Madrid... |
2007 | Skyscraper | Madrid | 249 m | 817 ft | 40°28′41"N 3°41′14"W | |
| Dos Hermanas transmitter | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Guyed mast | Dos Hermanas/Los Palacios | 244 m | 801 ft | 37°12′35.12"N 5°55′33.75"W | mediumwave transmitter, according to air traffic obstacle list at 37°12′52"N 5°55′35"W, real position: 37°12′35.12"N 5°55′33.75"W, used for broadcasting on 684 kHz |
| Chimney of Soutu de la Barca Power Station | ? | Chimney | Tinéu | 239 m | 784 ft | 43°17′31.7"N 6°23′35.71"W | |
| Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso The Torre PwC, formerly Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso, is a 52-floor 236 metre tall skyscraper, completed in 2008, located in Madrid, Spain. Torre Sacyr Vallehermoso is one of four buildings in the Cuatro Torres Business Area... |
2007 | Skyscraper | Madrid | 236 m | 774 ft | 40°28′35"N 3°41′17"W | |
| Casa Cerro transmitter | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Guyed mast | Casa Cerro | 232 m | 761 ft | according to air traffic obstacle list at 37°12′36"N 5°52′34"W, but there is no tall structure. Demolished? Planned? | |
| Torre España Torre España Torrespaña is a steel-and-concrete television tower located in Madrid, Spain. National terrestrial television channels RTVE, Telecinco and Antena 3, as well as the autonomic channel Telemadrid, along with a few radio stations, broadcast from this tower.The tower was built in 1982, conmemorating... |
1982 | Tower | Madrid | 231 m | 758 ft | 40°25′13"N 3°39′51"W | |
| Chimney of Los Barrios Power Plant | 1985 | Chimney | Los Barrios Los Barrios Los Barrios is a small town and municipality in the south of Spain. It is part of the province of Cádiz, which in turn is part of the Andalusia region. It belongs to the Campo de Gibraltar comarca... |
230 m | 755 ft | 36°10′54.98"N 5°25′11.05"W | |
| Chimney of Térmica de Aboño | ? | Chimney | Carreño Carreño Carreño is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its capital is Candás.- History :Almost everywhere in... |
225 m | 738 ft | 43°33′13.22"N 5°43′18.56"W | |
| Torre Espacio Torre Espacio The Torre Espacio is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain. The skyscraper is 236 metres tall and has 57 floors.... |
2007 | Skyscraper | Madrid | 223.1 m | 732 ft | 40°28′44"N 3°41′12"W | |
| La Catalítica | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Chimney | Muskiz Muskiz Muskiz is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain.- Neighborhoods :Muskiz is administratively divided into six neighborhoods or wards:- Demography :- Economy :... |
222 m | 728 ft | 43°19′42"N 3°7′1"W | |
| Palau de Plegamans Transmitter | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Guyed mast | Palau de Plegamans/Riera de Caldes | 217 m | 712 ft | 41°33′33.04"N 2°11′21.15"E | used for broadcasting on 576 kHz and 738 kHz |
| Playa de Las Américas Transmitter | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Guyed mast | Playa des Las Americas | 216 m | 709 ft | according to air traffic obstacle list situated at 28°03′24"N 16°43′53"W, but Wikimapia shows no tall structure. Demolished military radio station? | |
| Gran Hotel Bali Gran Hotel Bali Gran Hotel Bali is a 4-star hotel located in Benidorm, province of Alicante, Spain. It is, with 186 metres height , the tallest hotel in Europe and one of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe... |
2002 | Skyscraper | Benidorm | 210 m | 689 ft | 38°31′54"N 0°9′50"W | |
| Almendra Dam Almendra Dam The Almendra Dam, also known as Villarino Dam, in Salamanca, Spain, interrupts the course of the River Tormes five kilometres from the village from which it takes its name: Almendra... |
1970 | Dam | Almendra | 202 m | 663 ft | 41°16′16.5"N 6°19′11.9"W | |
| Solar Tower Manzanares Solar updraft tower The solar updraft tower is a renewable-energy power plant. It combines the chimney effect, the greenhouse effect and the wind turbine. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes air to... |
1989 | Solar Tower | Manzanares | 200 m | 656 ft | 39°02′34.45"N 3°15′12.21"W | destroyed |
| Tibidabo Radio Mast? | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Guyed mast? | Tibidabo | 200 m | 656 ft | According to airtraffic obstacle list at 41°25′36"N 2°07′07"E, however Wiimapia shows nothing, print error? | |
| Central Tèrmica, Sant Adria de Besos | 1976 | Chimney | Sant Adria de Besos | 200 m | 656 ft | 41°25′35.44"N 2°14′3.95"E ; 41°25′36.87"N 2°14′5.96"E ; 41°25′38.13"N 2°14′7.79"E | |
| Central Térmica de Meirama Chimney | ? ? or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference... |
Chimney | Lousa de Arriba | 200 m | 656 ft | 43°10′2.78"N 8°24′38.02"W | according to air traffic obstacle list situated at 43°09′56"N 8°24′46"W |
| Central térmica de La Robla Chimney | 1984 | Chimney | La Robla | 200 m | 656 ft | 42°47′31.37"N 5°38′5.16"W | |
| Central térmica Litoral de Almería Chimney | 1984 | Chimney | Carboneras | 200 m | 656 ft | 36°58′41.98"N 1°54′17.74"W | |
| Chimney of Soto de Ribera Power Station | ? | Chimney | Ribera de Aribo | 200 m | 656 ft | 43°18′41.42"N 5°52′24.34"W | |
| Central térmica de Sabón Chimney | 1972 | Chimney | Arteijo | 200 m | 656 ft | 43°19′49.46"N 8°30′10.17"W |
External links
- http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=37735334
- List of air traffic obstacles in Spain